Scrum Master at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte Nigeria – Our client, a trusted provider of secure & innovative Digital Payment Products and Solutions in the Financial Technology industry, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

Description

• The Scrum Master must have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. He/She is responsible for the application of scrum to produce high-quality work, managing timelines, resolving problems and coaching team members on Agile methodologies.

Job Purpose

• To oversee and guide software development teams in applying the Scrum framework and agile practices in the planning and execution of deliverables and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Managing project’s scope and timeline, ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values to improve processes and eliminating impediments
• Facilitate and champion the agile methodology by coaching and mentoring development teams and promoting the use of standards and best practices.
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Ensures the team is utilizing Scrum/SAFe ceremonies effectively to maximize value delivery and facilitates Scrum ceremonies.
• Facilitate internal communication and decision-making processes.
• Be the point of contact for external communications ( customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Resolve conflicts, determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items to remove obstacles
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity and build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
• Monitoring and tracking project processes, performance, deliverables, and financials.
• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a relevant field preferred.
• Certified Scrum master, SAFe preferred
• 5+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks to deliver solutions.
• Experience with agile planning and development tools (e.g., Microsoft Azure DevOps).
• Leadership and management experience.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.